“Jack Ryan” star Chris Pine was charged with driving under the influence in New Zealand earlier this month while on his way back from a wrap party for his most recent film, “Z for Zachariah.”
The New Zealand Herald reports that the 33-year-old actor was stopped in the early hours of March 1 at a routine DUI checkpoint where authorities determined his blood alcohol content was over the legal limit after he blew a 0.11 in a breathalyzer.
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“A 33-year old American national was stopped during a routine drink-drive operation near Methven, Mid-Canterbury, early on Saturday morning, March 1. .He has been charged with driving with excess blood alcohol and will appear in the Ashburton District Court on Monday, March 17,” authorities said in a statement. “Given that the matter is now before the court police will not be releasing any further information.”
Pine’s representatives have not yet responded to TheWrap‘s request for comment.
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“Z for Zachariah,” an adaptation of a 1974 novel of the same name, is a science fiction film following a 16-year-old girl who survives a Nuclear war in a small American town. Margot Robbie and Chiwetel Ejiofor co-star.
The wrap party for the film was held at held at Blue Pub in Methven, Canterbury. Pine attended with his Icelandic model girlfriend, Iris Bjork Johannesdottir. According to the bar’s manager, who oversaw the event, Pine did not appear visibly intoxicated.
“You can see the photos behind the bar with our staff and he looked fine,” Crawford told the New Zealand press. “I only ever saw him drinking tap beer and his partner she was just drinking sav wine.”